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shave-hook [f. shave v. + hook n.1] A plumbers' tool consisting of a blade, commonly triangular, set transversely in a handle, used for scraping metal preparatory to soldering.1432 Muniments Magd. Coll. Oxf. (1882) 11 Item, j led⁓knyff;..j shaff-hoke. 1485 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 40 Shaffe hokes ...
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▪ I. shave, n.1 (ʃeɪv) Forms: 1 sceafa, sceaba, scafa, 4–5 schave, 7 shaffe, 4– shave. [OE. sceafa wk. masc., corresponding to MDu. schave (Du. schaaf) fem., OHG. scaba (MHG., mod.G. schabe fem.), Icel. skafa fem.:—OTeut. *skaƀon-, f. root *skaƀ-: see shave v. Cf. shave-hook.] A name applied to vari...
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